Radiator drier



March 21, 1939. D. GORFEIN RADIATOR DRIER Filed Feb. 4, 1958 PIE. 1.

2 INVENTOR. BY W ATTORNEY? Patented Mar. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RADIATOR, DRIER David Gorfein, Lowell, Mass. Application February 4, 1938, Serial No. 188,659

3'Clairns. (01.211-86) This invention relates to devices for drying clothes, laundry, one piece or several pieces of same, on a radiator heated by steam, hot water, electricity or other medium. Its purpose is to 5 provide a drying device which can be folded or collapsed into a relatively small space for storage when not in use, but which can instantly be extended or expanded so as to support one or several pieces of wet articles, which are to be 10 dried, at a distance from the radiator to allow the air to rise between the articles and the radiator to prevent scorching and to prevent damaging the finish of the radiator.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is an isomietric view of 15 the device in place on a radiator.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view of the front bar.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1 folded. Fig. 4 is an isometric view of the 20 device shown in Fig. l folded and Fig. 4A of an auxiliary bar.

Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of one of the pivots.

Fig. 6 is an isometric view of a simplified device ready for use and Fig. 7 is a plan View of 25 the same device folded.

Fig. 8 is an isometric view of another modification.

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 5 of a modified form of the pivots.

30 Figs. 10 and 11 are views of different types of auxiliary bars.

In the drawing, R represents a radiator formed in the usual way with a series of vertical coils I between which are the depressed connections 2.

35 The backbone of the device is a telescoping front bar B formed of two telescoping members 3 and -4 each of which is preferably made of flat sheet metal folded around at the back as indicated at l3 and M in Fig. 2 so that 3 can slide 40 inside of 4.

At each end of each member 3 and 4 and, therefore, at eachend of bar B is a side bar such as 23 and 24 and each of these side bars is bent inward, so as to be substantially parallel with front 45 bar 13, to form the two back rests 25 and 26. As shown, member 3 of front bar B, side bar 23 and back rest 25 are bent from the same strip of metal as are member 4, side bar 24 and back rest 2'6. As shown, they are integral but they might be 50 separate as shown in Fig. 4.

Preferably hanging downward on pivots such as I0, on each side bar 23 and 24 are a plurality of hooks H, H. These hang down when the device is in place, as shown in Fig. 1 and 55 fold up, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. These hooks C2. H, H may be of different lengths and may be pivoted onthe inside and on the outside for convenience in folding and storing.

A series of supplementary telescoping bars F, F, each made of telescoping members 8 and 9 can be hung on hooks H, H when the device is in place and each can be used for hanging articles to dry. Bars F, F can be of the same material as bar B or they may be tubular as shown in Fig. 10, or rods as shown in Fig. 11.

A, A represent two supporting arms, each pivoted at 21 or 28 to the back of a back rest 25 or 26 and each extends up, over, back and down in the form of a hook such as 3|. This hook is of such shape as to fit over the top of the radiator R either over a coil l or a connection 2, while the back rests 25 and 26 rest against arms A, A and the front of the radiator and hold the side bars 23 and 24 and front bar B with everything connected with them horizontally out from the radiator.

As the metal at the pivots 21 and 28 between each arm A and each back rest 25 or 26 is flat, the front bar B and material hanging on it will not fall down nor sag. To assist in making the 25 rack firm, I prefer to have the pivots 27 and 28 positioned near the top of the back rest while the bottom ends of arms A, A extend down below the bottom edges of the back rests at 29 and 36.

Clearly the depending hooks H, H and the sup- 30 plementary bars F, F can be omitted, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

When not in use, the whole device can be folded as shown in Figs. 4 and 7 and packed away substantially fiat.

To facilitate compactness, the pivots such as 21 and 28 should be near the upper outside corner at the intersection of the edges of the supporting arms and the back rest.

This and the extensions 29 and 30 together with the width of 25 and 26 keep the weight of the bar 13, hooks H, H, bars F, F and wet articles T,

T from bending the rack down.

In Figs. 6 and 7, the front bar is indicated by M and is made up of the two parts 46 and 4| which are flat and telescopic and these are bent at each end 42 and '43 to form side bars and again at 44 and 45 to form back rests and to these are pivoted supporting arms K, K which are substantially the same as A, A. Each arm K is pivoted at 46 or 41 and has an extension 48 or 49 similar to 29 and 36. As shown, the part 4| is bent at top and bottom at the back so that 40 can telescope but the parts 40, 42, 43, 44 and 45 are flat strips.

As shown in Fig. 8, the front bar such as L can be made up of two tubular telescoping members 50 and 5|. To the ends of these members 50 and 5|, I attach flat strips of metal 52 and 53, bent in L-shape, thus forming side bars and back rests 58 and 59. These angular strips are attached by screws such as 54 and 55. 55 and 51 are supporting arms pivoted to the back of the back rests 58 and 59 at 60 and BI as in the other constructions. The members 52, 53, 58 and. 59 are made of flat metal, not bent at the back, and as shown in Fig. 9, they may be wider or higher than the tubular front bar L and than the arms 56 and 51. By making the parts 58 and 59 wide or deep, it is not necessary to extend the supporting arms as at 29 and 30.

As shown in Fig. 10, the auxiliary bars to be hung on hooks such as H may be formed of two pieces of telescoping tubing 63 and 64 or as shown in Fig. 11, ordinary rods 62 may be used.

I claim:

1. A foldable clothes drying rack, adapted for support on a heat radiator having a series of vertical coils and connections between the coils, consisting of a front bar of greater height than thickness made of two telescoping members, each made of fiat sheet metal folded in at the back edge and each carried at its free end by an integral side bar formed by bending back its outer end, each side bar being then bent inward parallel with the front bar to form a back rest; a plurality of hooks depending downwardly from each side bar; two supporting arms each made of flat sheet metal and each pivoted at one end to the back of and near the top of a back rest and thence extending at one end down below the back rest and at the other end up, over. and. down of such shape as to rest on the top of the radiator.

2. A foldable clothes drying rack, adapted for support on a heat radiator having a series of vertical coils and connections between the coils, consisting of a front bar of greater height than thickness made of two telescoping members, each carried at its free end by a fiat metal side bar, each side bar being bent inward parallel with the front bar to form a back rest; two supporting arms each made of flat sheet metal and each pivoted at one end to the back of and near the top of a back rest and thence extending at one end down below the back rest and at the other end up, over and down of such shape as to rest on the top of the radiator and to hold the other members horizontal but when removed from the radiator to fold in the plane of said other members.

3. A fQldab-le clothes drying rack, adapted for support on a heat radiator having a series of vertical coils and connections between the coils, consisting of a front bar made of two telescoping members, each carried at its free end by a flat metal side bar, each side bar being bent inward parallel with the front bar to form a back rest; two supporting arms each made of flat sheet metal and each pivoted at one end to the back of a back rest and thence extending over and down of such shape as to rest on the top of the radiator and tohold the other members horizontal but when removed from the radiator to fold in the plane of said other members.

DAVID GORFEIN. 

